Amnesty International Annual Report 2009
(January-December 2008)
TAJIKISTAN
REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN
Head of state: Imomali Rakhmon
Head of government: Okil Okilov
Death penalty: abolitionist in practice
Population: 6.8 million
Life expectancy: 66.3 years
Under-5 mortality (m/f): 81/72 per 1,000
Adult literacy: 99.5 per cent
The authorities failed to address the continuing serious problem of domestic and sexual violence. Members of religious minorities came under increasing pressure from the authorities. Hundreds of people were faced with forced evictions and displacement.
